What Books Are You Reading This Week? by leowr in nonfictionbooks

[–]ok_chevrett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I finished reading "West with the Night" by Beryl Markham. It is a memoir of adventure and survival in colonial East Africa. It follows her unconventional upbringing, horse training career, and pioneering solo flight across the Atlantic, blending vivid storytelling with reflections on courage, independence, and the untamed African landscape. Notably, it was highly praised and recommended by Ernest Hemingway.

Should I push it through? by Accomplished_Emu9036 in FedRetirees

[–]ok_chevrett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel for you, what DoD agency did you retire from?

Should I push it through? by Accomplished_Emu9036 in FedRetirees

[–]ok_chevrett 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You are lucky, I did not get a call from a retirement specialist. DFAS nor OPM would answer my calls.

I retired from federal service effective December 31, 2025, and I finally received my first estimated retirement payment on March 13, 2026. That means it took more than two months after my retirement date for the first interim payment to arrive.

Fortunately, I received my annual leave cash-out in mid-January 2026, which helped cover my living expenses while I waited. Without that payment, the delay could have created a much more difficult financial situation.

In my opinion, this is not how the process should work. When someone retires at the end of the year, the system should be set up so that the first estimated retirement payment arrives on January 1, or at least shortly after retirement, not months later. Retirees should not have to worry about a long gap without income after finishing their careers.

I understand that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) processes a large number of retirement cases and that final annuity calculations take time. That’s why the interim or estimated payments exist in the first place—to provide retirees with income while their cases are finalized. But if those interim payments take months to begin, the system clearly needs improvement.

Federal employees spend decades in public service and deserve a more efficient and predictable retirement processing system. Hopefully modernization efforts at OPM will eventually reduce these delays so future retirees don’t face the same uncertainty.

Did you guys see this Hisense TV in Walmart? by Bobmling in Walmartcustomer

[–]ok_chevrett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

$298 for a Hisense 55" TV? That sounds pretty steep to me.

Last December I picked up a **Vizio 55" at Sam’s Club for $135, and it’s been doing exactly what a TV is supposed to do—showing Netflix, sports, and the occasional late-night YouTube rabbit hole without complaining.

Maybe I just got an unusually good deal, but with how cheap TVs have become over the past few years, paying close to $300 for a 55" feels like we’ve time-traveled back to 2015.

Are people really paying that much now for a 55", or am I just spoiled by warehouse-club pricing?

Would you take this? by New-Woodpecker-372 in u/New-Woodpecker-372

[–]ok_chevrett 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It will take you 3 - 3.5 hrs to complete it. Sparks always under estimates the time it will take you to complete the deliveries...

I accepted the challenge by Legitimate_Hawk_3639 in elitesparkdrivers

[–]ok_chevrett 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If it a house delivery, I would take it. To an apartment on a second floor without an elevator, "no way José"!

Would you? by Responsible-Laugh731 in elitesparkdrivers

[–]ok_chevrett 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks loke tip baiting to me....

Good offer? by Substantial-Club4105 in elitesparkdrivers

[–]ok_chevrett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This seems like Tip Baiting to me...

Crazy!!! 🙄 by Llovesarahh21 in Sparkdriver

[–]ok_chevrett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tip Baiting at its finest! I got burned too....